[scott_s]

The issue is that, to some, "ruby execution time" may include the startup time.

[nirvdrum]

But if it's not executing ruby, then it can't be ruby execution time... That's the point I'm making. By all means, if you want to measure start-up time, that's valid as well, just not for "how fast does this execute Ruby."

[scott_s]

You may have a finer-grain definition of "execute Ruby" than someone else.